in Montreal and Quebec; to Mr. Luis M. Perez, of Havana, who revised 

 the Cuban material; to the American diplomatic representatives in Central 

 and South America, who, through the courtesy of the Department of State, 

 communicated with the learned societies and institutions in the countries to 

 which they were accredited and forwarded the information supplied; to Dr. 

 H. von Ihering, Director of the Museu Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil, who 

 supplied the data relating to that state. 



In the use of a reference work of this character, it is important to notice 

 at the outset the arrangement of the material it contains. A glance at the 

 table of contents will suffice to show that the primary division is by countries 

 in the order there indicated. Under each country, the national societies or 

 those without fixed headquarters or meeting place (and, in the case of the 

 Latin American republics, also the societies and institutions of the capital 

 city) are placed first, alphabetically by official name; and the local societies 

 and institutions follow, entered by city or state according to the plan 

 described in a note at the head of page 97. If the information required is not 

 found immediately, reference should be made to the index where the names 

 of societies and institutions, serial publications, research funds, prizes and 

 medals, expeditions, cities, counties and states are arranged in a single 

 alphabet, together with subject headings under which are collected the refer- 

 ences to all organizations or serial publications treating of a particular region 

 of knowledge or special subject. 



As the final proof of the early pages of this volume was read over a year 

 ago, the "additions and corrections" (p. 548-562) form an integral and 

 essential part of the book and should be consulted in connection with the body 

 of the text, with which they are indexed. 



J. DAVID THOMPSON. 



Vll 



